Something has to be done about affirmative action.
5x as many people want to get into these prestigious colleges and there are class openings. I think it should be colorblind and based on SAT, transcripts, and community service.
If your grade suck they are not doing you a favor letting you sink to the bottom of your class.
I like Trump, but his experience is that he is smart got good grades and was top of his class. Besides he was in business with Fred Trump as a teen and learned a lot from his Dad and when he got to Wharton he already had a head start on business knowledge.
Better to go to a school that is just a bit harder than your level and reach up to that level as your goal. Going to a school that is too fast paced and way out of your league IMHO is not wise.
Also, keeping your betters from getting into an Ivy League school Forster a life long hatred for those who were denied their chance at getting in only because of quotas and affirmative action. I know some friends who had the grades and had to go for years to night schools, and some did graduate eventually and some were not able to keep going and hold a job. Both types of people to this day are bitter about it. Not to even mention those who had to go to second rate schools got all A’s but knew they got screwed when they had the grades to got to an Ivy League school but inferior students were given admittance and they were past over.
What does community service have to do with a student's ability to succeed in a challenging academic program?
I am glad that Trump is smart — it might help him catch up on how empirical Thomas Sowell’s research is.
Otherwise, if Trump causes this or allows this to spiral, I'm not kidding, we could see a bipartisan call for Scalia to resign.